Grants and Fellowships

Doctoral students may apply for travel grants of up to $750. The grants are intended to support travel for students who are presenting their work at national conferences. To be eligible for the travel grant, the student must be the presenting author.

Up to 30 travel grants will be awarded during the academic year.

Program Details

• Travel costs will be reimbursed upon return according to standard UND procedures. Only travel costs deemed as allowable by UND will be reimbursed.
• Only one request per student will be considered each academic year.
• Notification of funding will be made within two weeks of deadlines.
• Expenses for award funds must fall within these dates:
  • Fall: August 16 through December 31
  • Spring: January 1 through May 15
  • Summer: May 16 through August 15

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program at UND.
• Applicants must be enrolled at the time the paper is presented.
  • Students who have graduated or are on leave of absence at the time of the conference presentation are not eligible.
• Applicants must be in good academic standing.
• Applicants must be the presenting author of the work.

Apply

1. Complete the small grants application.
2. Attach a confirmation letter or email that your paper has been accepted for presentation.
3. Attach a copy of the abstract or paper that is being presented.

Deadlines

• Fall: September 15
• Spring: February 15
• Summer: May 15

Doctoral students may apply for a dissertation completion fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to support doctoral students who will spend full-time on their dissertation during the semester awarded.

Awards of $7,500 will be awarded each summer semester as a scholarship.

Program Details

• Students can only be awarded this fellowship one time.
• Applications are reviewed by members of the Graduate Committee which is made up of elected representatives from the graduate faculty and serves as the executive council of the graduate faculty.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be enrolled in a doctoral program during the semester prior to the award.
• Must not be graduating in the term the award is made.
• Must not hold a concurrent assistantship.
• Must be committed to spending full time on the doctoral dissertation for the entire semester (Summer: May 15-August 15).
• Must register for at least one (1) credit in the Session the award is made, normally dissertation or research credits. A tuition waiver is generally provided by the department, please check with your advisor to confirm.
• Must have an approved Topic Proposal for the dissertation in the School of Graduate Studies.

Apply

1. Complete the fellowship application.
2. An application letter (maximum of one page single-spaced, 12-pt font) describing:
   1. Current academic status.
   2. A projected schedule for the completion of doctoral study.
   3. A statement describing how the fellowship time will be spend.
3. A statement (maximum of three pages single-spaced, 12-pt font) describing the study, including the following. Statements over three pages will not be reviewed.
   1. A description of the problem.
   2. Current knowledge relative to the problem.
   3. The significance of the proposed research.
   4. The methods to be used in the research.
   5. The anticipated results of the research.
4. Three letters of recommendation:
   1. One from the student’s advisor.
   2. One from a member of the student’s dissertation committee.
   3. One from the department chair or graduate program director.

Recommendation letters should include specific information about the student’s progress in the doctoral program, addressing the student’s ability to complete the study described in the research statement, specifically the methods, the anticipated outcomes and the significance of the proposed research.

Incomplete applications and applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed.

Deadline

Summer: March 1

Criteria for Selection

If there is more than one application from a department, the chairperson will rank the applications.

The Review Committee will rank the awardees based on the quality of the application, including clarity and completeness, and on the qualifications of the student to complete the study. Final funding decisions are made by the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.

Applicants will be notified by email of the results.

This award is jointly funded by the School of Graduate Studies and the Vice President for Research & Economic Development. Doctoral students may apply for the Research and Grant Writing Experience to take place during their last semester. Recipients will spend a semester receiving training in effectively communicating and framing research for successful grant proposal writing.

Students applying for this award must have a research advisor who is working on a current grant application.

This research and grant writing experience is for one semester. One award of $15,000 will be awarded each academic year.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be enrolled as a doctoral student and be on track to graduate at the end of the semester awarded.
• Must have a research advisor currently working on a grant application.
• Must be enrolled in at least six (6) credits.
• Must not hold a concurrent assistantship.
• Must be able to work 20 hours per week.

Apply

1. Complete the traineeships application.
2. An application letter describing:
   1. Your dissertation progress and when you will defend your dissertation.
   2. How you will benefit from this experience and/or what you will gain from the experience.
3. One letter from your research advisor who will be supervising this position. The letter must include:
   1. What grant application will be worked on.
   2. What the student will do.
   3. How the experience will benefit both the student and the advisor.
   4. Directly address the student's progress and certainty that the student will graduate at the end of the semester.
4. One letter of recommendation from the department chair or graduate program director.

Deadlines

• Fall: July 1
• Spring: September 30